Nicrophorini
| Nicrophorinae Temporal range: .0105–RecentMa | |
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| American Burying Beetle | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Subfamily: | Nicrophorinae |
| Tribes | |
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Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.
The only tribe is Nicrophorini.
Genera
- Eonecrophorus Kurosawa, 1985
- Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775
- Ptomascopus Kraatz, 1876
- Palaeosilpha Flach, 1890 †
Fossils
A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by Pearson.[2]